Blackout After Dark (Gansett Island #21) - Marie Force Page 0,96
to me all the time!”
“She does have a point.”
Dan laughed and gave Seamus’s shoulder a squeeze. “I know it’s futile to tell you not to worry, but I really think it’s going to be okay. He doesn’t have a leg to stand on, and he knows it. The attorney knows it, too, which is why he agreed to take the plan to his client. I’ll let you know the second I hear anything from him.”
“I’m sure it makes a hell of a difference to have you representing us,” Seamus said. “The other guy must’ve been, like, seriously? The Dan Torrington? That right there tells them we’re not fucking around.”
“Oh, he knows we’re not fucking around. I’ve got you covered. I’ll be in touch tomorrow. And now I’m going to go find my lovely wife. You guys try to have a nice evening and get some sleep. I feel very confident that everything will be fine.”
“Happy to help. This is totally my thing, making sure the law works the way it’s supposed to. Have a good night.”
“You, too,” Seamus said.
Dan left them and went to sneak up on Kara, who was talking to Linda McCarthy, Tiffany Taylor, Janey Cantrell, Grace McCarthy, Sydney Harris, Abby McCarthy and Maddie McCarthy, who was stretched out on a lounge.
Kara startled and then relaxed when she realized it was him. “I’ve told you to quit doing that,” she said with amusement in her voice. “He loves to scare the crap out of me.”
“Evan does that, too,” Grace said. “What’s up with that?”
“We like how you swoon with fear and then fall into our arms,” Dan said, earning an elbow to the gut from his beloved.
Dan gasped and then laughed. His wife didn’t suffer fools, especially him.
“Was that the attorney you’ve been waiting to talk to?” Kara asked him.
“It was. All good for now. More to come tomorrow.” With his lips close to her ear, he said, “Want to call it an early night? I’m exhausted.”
She looked back at him with a cute little smile that he loved so much. “Are you exhausted or horny?”
“Am I allowed to be both?”
“I suppose so. Let’s say our goodbyes.”
That he got to leave every party for the rest of his life with the beautiful Kara Torrington was the best thing to ever happen to him. She was the best thing to ever happen to him. As he watched her laugh and talk with their friends as she said good night, he felt like one lucky son of a bitch to be going home with her—and to be expecting a baby with her.
Life was good and only getting better with every day he spent with Kara.
Chapter 35
“I’m worried about how tense you are,” Carolina said as they watched the boys run on the lawn with Thomas, his cousin Ashleigh, and Ethan. Burpy was in hot pursuit as usual.
“I’m better now that Dan talked to the lawyer. It’s good that they know we’re willing to do whatever it takes to keep them with us.”
“Like you said, getting a call from Dan Torrington sends a certain message.”
“Sure as hell does. We’re fortunate to have him on our side.”
“Which is why it’s probably safe to get some sleep tonight.”
“I’ll do my best. This whole thing has made me realize just how much those two little scamps have come to mean to me.”
“You already knew how much they meant to you. And they know it, too. They see the way you rush home from work to take them fishing or on some other kind of adventure. They see it in the way they have your full attention all the time and how you include them in everything you’re doing. They hang on your every word and watch you intently. You’ve become the most important person in their lives.”
“You’re right up there with me, love.”
“They love me. I know that. But they worship you, and it’s the most wonderful thing I’ve ever seen. They couldn’t have a better father, and they’ll never ever choose anyone else over you, no matter what happens with this guy. They’ll remember who was there for them when they needed him most.”
“Ah, love, you’re going to make me weepy.”
“Then I’d better get you out of here before you embarrass yourself.”
“Probably not a bad idea.” Seamus whistled for the boys, and they came running, as they did whenever he called for them. When he’d married Carolina, who was sixteen years his senior and the mother